Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-07-15

man, he said, who always wanted u
keep his end up, when he was out with
n party, aud they had only to signify
what part of him they wanted next
and he would take it of. But If they
desired his company at the feast, while
he was in no condition TO participate
in the war dance, which he had heard
was part of their proceedings. he
would partake of refreshments with
them rhey would not consent to his
taking of any more of his body, and
so they went on cooking the cork
limbs. The cork missionary said after
wards that he could not keep from
laughing, hardly while they were cook
ing his limbs. The cork limb came to
the top, in spite of all the cooks could
do. until finally they had to put largo
flat stones on to keep them under
water. They salted and peppered
them, and put in some onions, to flavor
them. While the meal was cooking tho
cannbals drank freely OF some intoNl-
eating beverage, while the chief spokes-
man would occasionally speak to the
cork missionary, and tell him how
much pleasure it gave him to meet a
perfect gentleman like him, who
seemed to enter into the spirit OF the
occasion, and who prepared himself
for cooking instead of kicking over the
traces, and fighting, and having to be
killed like an animal, as too many vio-
lent missionaries did when the natives
wanted to cook them. The cannibal
related many incidents in connection
with their experience with misslona-
ries, which were quite interesting to
the cork man. The cork missionary
said afterwards that he thought he
should veil right out when an old can
nibal would take fork and try to stick
into one of the legs, to see if the meat
was becoming tender. He said the
fork would fly back when they jabbed
| it into the cork, as though it was rub
Der and the cannibal would look an
moved, and built up more fire. 1t took
| so long to cook the cork limbs, that
| every last cannibal got dead drunk, and
when all were asleep, the cork mis-
| sionary got up and siihed his cork legs
and arm out of the kettle put them on
| and walked back to the bungalo OF
whatever it is where the missionaries
live, and left the cannibals. He said
the boiling did not improve his legs
very much, because the hinges of the
knees refused to hinge, and he had tc
walk stiff legged, but he got there al
the same. lie says the cannibal'
came into the Village from the picnic
grounds, the next morning, with big
| heads on them, and when they saw
him with his legs on and hi
arm in its proper place doing
his miss ionarying ut the old stand, ~
though nothing had happened. the'
Just laid right down and blatted. They
! looked upon him as something super
natural. and he found no difficulty il
converting them. They ceased eatn!
human flesh, because they seemed tt
have lost confidence in it. They though
if legs and arms, after being boiled
could get up and walk, and attacl
themselves to the man they belonged
to. it was no kind of food to take init
the stomach This cork missionar,
came home after seeing the tribe con
yerted, and is now residing at kala
mazoo, Mich. where he makes a living
running chestnut roaster lie be
lieves that cannibalism can be stoppe'
entirely if there could only be cor
missionaries employed to 90 amoni
them, but he likes the climate Of Mich
igan much better, as he contracted
chlls and fever while in Africa whe
would shake off his legs and arms twlc
day. He said it was embarrassing +
90 about the streets and be taken wit
chill, and have his legs and his arm
shaken off, and be compelled to get
wheel-barrow and wheel them back t
the bungalow, or whatever it is called
People in Kalamazoo say that the ches'
nut-roaster frequently breaks out laugh
inc when others can see nothing
laugh at. He explains that he is thinl
ing of that chowder the cannibals trle
to make of his cork limbs, When h
thinks of the old woman cutting up tn
onions and sprinklng pepper and sa
on his legs, he can't hold in, -Pec5
| Sam